Teresina
Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Being located in north-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 902,644 inhabitants, Teresina is the 19th largest city in Brazil, and the 16th largest state capital in the country.
Meaning & Origin of Teresina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Being located in north-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 902,644 inhabitants, Teresina is the 19th largest city in Brazil, and the 16th largest state capital in the country.
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The Story of Teresina
The earliest SSA record of Teresina as a baby girl name dates back to 1908, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Teresina — #3,031 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Teresina on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Teresina last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 163 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Teresina
Teresina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 163 births in the dataset. Teresina's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,031. Use the chart and map above to compare Teresina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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